The Egyptian Republic of Eshonia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Abdel El-Masry with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 9.347 billion Eshonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cairo. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Eshonian economy, worth 279 trillion Shonars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 29,946 Shonars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eshonia's national animal is the Crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Rahism.

Eshonia is ranked 144,346^th in the world and 30^th in Tarkin for Largest Black Market, with 1.25 trillion Standard Monetary Units.